Eto'o to stay at Barcelona, coach Guardiola says

MADRID: Barcelona's new coach Pep Guardiola, who had deemed Samuel Eto'o surplus when he was appointed in June, said on Tuesday that he is now counting on the Cameroon international for the upcoming season.

"When I was unveiled I said I was not counting on him, but I also said we would treat him as any other player. My job is to get a good performance from the players which the club makes available to me," he told a news conference.

"During the past two, three weeks, the past month that we have been together, I have been very pleased with his performance, not only on the pitch but in terms of his relationship with his teammates," he added.